Re: Zmailer and Qmail are not fully compatible ...

[Matti Aarnio <mea@nic.funet.fi>]

> I doub't that Zmailer and Qmail are fully compatible because my Qmail
> servers will reject any mail send by Zmailer SMTP although will it accept
> thousands of messages coming from either exchange, Sendmail or Qmail.
> 
> If you wish to have a look at this problem, you should try to send me a
> mail hugues.dugres@temex.fr
> 
> If I am right, it will generates hundreds of lines of error 500. You can
> contact me at a "sendmail" address : hugues.dugres@tekelec-temex.com

	Hmm... That is weird..

SMTP: Connecting to host: temex.fr
 getmxrr(temex.fr)  getmxrr('temex.fr') -> nmx=2, maxpref=-1, realname=''
Target has following MXes (cnt=2):
  MX   5 mailhost.temex.fr
  MX  10 mail2.easynet.fr
 rc=0, mxh[0].host=mailhost.temex.fr (host=temex.fr) mxcnt=2
Trying address: 212.180.16.58|25 port 25
Connecting to 212.180.16.58 [212.180.16.58|25] port 25
220 mailhost.temex.fr ESMTP
EHLO mea.tmt.tele.fi
250-mailhost.temex.fr
250-PIPELINING
250 8BITMIME
  EHLO response flags = 0x0a, rcptlimit=100, sizeopt=0
 retries=1 firstmx=0 mxcount=2
MAIL From:<matti.aarnio@sonera.fi> BODY=8BITMIME
RCPT To:<hugues.dugres@temex.fr>
DATA
250 ok

	That is "250 ok" for the MAIL, but no replies to "RCPT" or "DATA".
	It looks like PIPELINING does not work at the QMAIL after all ?
	Then your quick cure would be to remove the "PIPELINING" text
	from the smtp server's EHLO responses.

Timeout (300 sec) while waiting responses from remote

	Huh ?  And ZMailer proceeds with message sending ?
	Now that might be a bug here, indeed.. (and produce the
	"hundreds of '500' errors you mention")

Processed headers:  ContentKind=7, CvtMode=0
------
Received: by mea.tmt.tele.fi id <92376-9818>; Wed, 12 May 1999 17:07:25 +0300
Subject: test message...
To:     hugues.dugres@temex.fr
Date:   Wed, 12 May 1999 17:07:25 +0300 (EEST)
From:   Matti Aarnio <matti.aarnio@sonera.fi>
Phone: +358-204063667 (office, with delayed redirection to cellular)
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Content-Length: 64        
Message-Id: <19990512140737Z92376-9818+47@mea.tmt.tele.fi>
.
452 Requested action not taken, Insufficient storage 

	So your spool disk is full ?

$ telnet mailhost.temex.fr smtp
Trying 212.180.16.58...
Connected to mailhost.temex.fr.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 mailhost.temex.fr ESMTP
ehlo mea-2.tmt.tele.fi
250-mailhost.temex.fr
250-PIPELINING
250 8BITMIME
MAIL From:<matti.aarnio@sonera.fi> BODY=8BITMIME
250 ok
RCPT To:<hugues.dugres@temex.fr>
250 ok
DATA
354 go ahead
just a manual test
.
250 ok 926515416 qp 32646



> Thank you for helping me fixing that.
> 
> Hugues DUGRES
> 
> P.S. : Your program is not the only one to behave strangly. You can use
> windows 95 standard telnet utility and telnet on port 25. You will see the
> same breakdown.

	I don't have Windows, but I do have 'telnet' -- the standard UNIX
	telnet.   Your backup host:  mail2.easynet.fr  did receive the email
	quite fine.

	Anyway, if the thing happens with TELNET, then the problem isn't
	at the sending systems, but in receivers:

	Tests with UNIX telnet client at one of my machines do seem to
	indicate that your machine has problems, indeed.


$ telnet mailhost.temex.fr smtp
Trying 212.180.16.58...
Connected to mailhost.temex.fr.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 mailhost.temex.fr ESMTP
ehlo mea-2.tmt.tele.fi
250-mailhost.temex.fr
250-PIPELINING
250 8BITMIME
MAIL From:<matti.aarnio@sonera.fi> BODY=8BITMIME
	(paused to wait for a reply)
250 ok
RCPT To:<hugues.dugres@temex.fr>
	(paused to wait for a reply)
250 ok
DATA
	(paused to wait for a reply)
354 go ahead
just a manual test
.
250 ok 926515416 qp 32646
	(next 3 lines are written in rapid burst)
MAIL From:<matti.aarnio@sonera.fi> BODY=8BITMIME
RCPT To:<hugues.dugres@temex.fr>
DATA
	(after a delay of about a second)
250 ok
	(after a delay of about a second)
250 ok
	(after a delay of about 20 seconds)
354 go ahead
another manual test...
.
	(delay of 2-3 minutes?)
250 ok 926516687 qp 32744
quit
221 mailhost.temex.fr


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/Matti Aarnio <mea@nic.funet.fi>